Top 5 Android Apps for Petroleum Engineering Students

Mobile devices help engineering students as they have to stay in classes and are away from computers. Also, Mobile devices can be carried around and we can access it at any time. So the exchange of information is becoming easier.

Now the questions come what all mobile apps do a petroleum engineering student needs in his/her mobile? I have listed down 5 Android apps that every petroleum engineer must install in their devices.

1. Petroleum Engineering Dictionary

This dictionary is a must have for petroleum engineering students. Equipped with dynamic search function like Google, it starts predicting while you type. You will be able to bookmark all your favourite translations for fast reference to your favourites list by clicking on the “star” icon. And being a student, you can always add new terms in the dictionary for helping other students. It’s easy to use and occupies minimal space in your device.

3. PetroCalc

This app was developed with the petroleum engineering student and young professional in mind. The app offers to the student the ability to learn about topics related to the petroleum engineering field and presents industry relevant calculations. It gives the student a comprehensive over view of the industry. The app presents guidelines for persons undertaking field development projects as well.

4. Oil Volume Converter

One of the most important apps for petroleum engineers. All of the petroleum engineering students, graduates and working professionals require converting the volume of oil into different units. This app offers liquid hydrocarbons and oil unit conversions as per the Society of Petroleum Engineers standards. Convertor unites include: Barrels of oil (bbl), Cubic feet (f3), Cubic meters (m3), Liters (l), Imperial gallons (UK gal) and US gallons (gal)

5. Drilling Engineering

Drilling Engineering mobile application is provided by Drilling UTC of Pertamina for anyone who works and or engaged in oil and gas activity, particularly in planning and drilling operations. “Drilling Engineering” mobile application includes Petroleum Unit Conversion to convert the units are often used in drilling operations, including the Temperature, Pressure, Density, depth and other parameters, Drilling Calculator consists of approximately 90 base drilling calculations, both in drilling operations and design, Cementing formulas and more.

Bonus App

Oild Handbook

Oil Handbook is the one stop-shop where you can not only find Oil Engineering design tools and tables but also perform economic analysis such as IRR, NPV and Payback.

You can estimate the oil price based on a concept taught in MBA Finance courses. You can look up WTI and Brent Crude Oil Prices. You can also perform Black Scholes Options analysis to make complex Oil investment decision analysis. Even Oil Options

Even Oil Options analyser which quickly tells you the value of waiting given a certain level of volatility and much more. In this app, you will find a clean interface to do just what you want, without any advertisement clutter.